People Who Disappeared but Were Mysteriously Found Alive Years Later

Bakhretdin Khakimov

The Guardian

During the Russian-Afghan war in the 1980s, Bakhretdin Khakimov was hurt and locals tended to his wounds. After he recovered, he decided to stay in the village. He changed his name to Sheikh Abdullah and even married a local. Eventually, a veteran organization found the 53-year-old former soldier in Heart, who stayed busy practicing herbal medicine.

Savanna Todd

CBS News

Benjamin Harris Todd claimed his wife was bipolar and abusive, which helped him gain custody of their daughter, Savanna Todd. Then, her mother Dorothy Barnett abducted her and resettled in Queensland, Australia. She changed her daughter’s name from Savanna to Samantha and grew up thinking her stepdad was her real father. But in 2011, Barnett confessed everything to her friends over drinks, so they reached out to Savanna’s biological dad in the United States. Then Savanna learned the truth and Barnett was arrested.

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